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Friday, April 27, 2012

NBA FANTASY BASKETBALL 2012

I would like to congratulate my 10 year
old son on winning his first NBA fantasy basketball championship in
what was his inaugural season. He defeated an eight year old friend who lives in Los Angeles with a final score of 5-3 in the head to head format. The managers who
skillfully led their clubs to the Grass Valley league finals which was played on Yahoo Sports had
finished the regular season in last and next to last place. They both
made some very drastic moves prior to playoff time, of which I questioned, but the risk
really payed off for both of them. Nice season boys. I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing you
again on the hardwood for the 2012-2013 draft sometime around Thanksgiving.

In the semi-final match up this past
week it was a fathers vs sons match up. The old guys who had mentored
their boys all season, we taught the newbies the tricks of the game and
we were exposed by those efforts. I fell in what was a close game 5-4 while the
youngest manager took on his father the oldest most experienced
manager. The contest started out close but by the weekend the old man
fell asleep on the couch and he never woke up, falling 7-2.

I learned a few things through this
NBA season. Injured players should be cut almost at once regardless
of who they are. I held onto a big named player for more than 6 weeks
which caused me drop 5 out of 6 games which caused me to slide in the
standings from first to third. When assembling a team you need a
standout shooting guard, so draft accordingly. The largest things I
learned is don't give away your game plan and never underestimate
your opponent even if they are eight and 10 respectively.

It was a fun season even though it
was a shortened one due to a strike. There were many moments when I learned a thing or two about trash talk
as well as a love of basketball being passed from one generation to
the next.